Adding Ceremoniously To The City`s Hall Of Fame Sisterhood

A physicist, social activists, the first woman president of the Chicago Bar Association and an entrepreneur are among the newest additions to the Chicago Women`s Hall of Fame.

A dozen women, chosen for their outstanding professional and volunteer contributions and leadership, were inducted during ceremonies Thursday in the Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, presided over by Mayor Richard M. Daley.

Phyllis L. Apelbaum, founder and president of Arrow Messenger Service, Inc., the city`s only fully-woman-owned messenger service, was among those selected.

``I`m really honored,`` said Apelbaum, who started her business 16 years ago. ``I love my work, I enjoy what I do, and I certainly look forward to nominating others myself, next year.``

Others inducted: Margaret Burroughs, Ph.D., founder of the DuSable Museum of African-American History and author of several books; Veronica Lucas, a volunteer worker for children and senior citizen programs and the American Indian Center; Grace Lunde, a community newspaper reporter who started the Edgebrook Times Review newspaper; Maria Garay, a parent volunteer and initiator of ``Teacher Appreciation Day`` at Chicago city schools; and Irene Hernandez, the only hispanic member of the Cook County Board.

In addition: health consultant Dr. Effie Ellis, who developed maternal and infant care programs and launched the March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation`s parenting education programs; Muriel Friedman Tuteur, charter member of the Coalition of Labor Women and a founder of the Chicago Day Care Action Council; Esther Rothstein, first woman president of the Chicago Bar Association and founding member of the Women`s Bar Scholarship Foundation; and Caroline Herzenberg, national president of the Association of Women in Science and a physicist at Argonne National Laboratory.

Also chosen: Leona Maglaya, coordinator of the Race Relations Unit of Asian Human Services; and Peggy Montez, an organizer and past executive director of the Chicago Commission on Women.

Nominated by women`s organizations and others, the inductees were selected by members of the Chicago Commission on Women, which established the Hall of Fame last year to pay tribute to contemporary and historical women whose efforts have improved the quality of life in Chicago.